Hinge-clamp.



R. v. D. STOUTBNBRGH.

HINGE CLAMP. -APPLIGA'TION FILED MAY 1a, 190s.

Patented 0013.27 1908.

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ROBERT V. D. STOUTENBURGH, OF HOLLIS, NEW YORK.

HIN GE-GLAMP No. 902,343. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 27', 1908. Application filed May 13, 1908. Serial No. 432,646.

To all whom it may concern.' the arm, said hinge portion having a hinge- Be it known that I, ROBERT V. D. STOUT- i pin 3 extending through it and having a stop ENBURGH, a citizen of the United States, rel or guide 4 arranged at one edge of the hinge siding at Hollis, in the county of Queens and l portion and between the arm 1 and the hinge- 6o State of New York, have invented certain i pin 3. The member d consists of an arm 5 new and useful Improvements in Hingei having a hinge portion 6 arranged substan- Clamps, of which the following is a specifical tially at right angles to said arm, said hingetion. l portion having a slot 7 extending therein, at

rlhis invention relates to a hinge-clamp esl right angles to the arm 5 and having flanges 65 pecially adapted for use in connection with l 8 and 9 opposite the ends of the slot. The presses for pressing the wrinkles out of artil hinge pin extends through the slot and concles of clothing. nects the two members together. A sub- In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is stantially circular disk 10 is eccentrically an end view of a clothes press provided with i mounted upon the hinge pin and arranged so hinged clamping devices made according to that, when turned upon said pin, it will en'- my invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of one of gage one or the other of the shoulders 8 and 9 the hinged clamping devices, the movable on the member d, and move the hinge porclamping member being shown in one position of the slotted member relatively to the tion in full lines and in another position in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the l hinge pin. This cam or eccentric 10 is of 75 such diameter that when it bears against one clamping device with the members in closed of said shoulders it will be only slightly out position Fig. l is an end elevation of the l of engagement with the opposite shoulder. same, looking from right to left in Figs. 2 and l For convenience in turning the cam or ec- 3; Fig. 5 is a similar view looking from left to centric 10, it is connected to a iinger piece 11 80 by suitable means such as a rivet 12 and the tion, with the clamping members open, the hinge pin 3 also extends through the linger cam for operating said members being re- 1 piece. As shown in the drawing, this finger moved, and indicated in dotted lines, and piece consists of a piece of sheet metal having the hinge pin being shown in section; Fig. 7 l a part 11a to which the eccentric is secured 85 is a similar view showing the clamping mem.- l and a part 11b bent over it at right angles to bers partly closed. the part 11a so that it can be conveniently Referring to the drawing, A indicates a grasped to turn the eccentric about the axis suitable back or base for a clothes press and of the hinge-pin 3. The cam 10 and iinger B and C indicate two flat boards or leaves, piece 11 might be made integral, instead of 90 hinged to the sides of the back piece A and of being riveted together. The arms d and adapted to press against the trousers or l may be of any shape suitable for attachother article of clothing which may be laid ment to the flat members or boards of a upon the back piece A. The particular conclothes press. struction of the members A, B and. C form In operation, when the leaves of the no part of my invention. In the press shown clothes press are in open position, the cam 10 in the drawing, which is suitable for pressing bears against the ange 9 of the hinge clamp, trousers, the members B and O are each less and the flanged end 3 of the member d rests than half the width of the member A so as to against the stop 4 on the member d, as inleave a gap between the members B and C dicated in Fig. 6. In this figure the hinged for the seams of the trousers legs. portion 6 is moved to the left by the cam so The back piece A and the leaves B and C that the end 7 a of the slot is against the hinge are connected by hinged clamping devices D pin. After an article of clothing has been which form the subject of my invention. laced on the base A of the press the leaves Each of these clamping devices comprises a and C are folded inwardly and during this member d, adapted for attachment to the folding operation the member d of each stationary member of a clothes press, as for clamp turns about the hinge pin, as a center, instance, the back piece A, and a movable the cam 10 still remaining in engagement member d adapted for attachment to a leaf with the flange or shoulder 9 and holding the of the press. The member d of the hinge end 7a of the slot in engagement with the 110 clamp, as shown, consists of an arm 1 and a hinge pin. In other words, in moving the hinge portion 2 pro'hiecting at right angles to leaves of the press to the horizontal position,

which is done by taking hold of the leaves and turning them inwardly, the cam is not moved relatively to the flange or shoulder 9, and the member d therefore turns about the pin 3, like an ordinary hinge member. When the member d is folded over into the horizontal position, the flanged end 8 of the member cZ/ is at first slightly above the stop 4, as shown in Fig. 7, but a slight movement of the finger piece causes the cam to engage the shoulder 8 and move the lower end of the hinge ortion 6 downward, as shown in dotted ines in Fig. 2 so that the edge 6a of said hinge portion will engage the stop. The further rotation of the cam, by means of the finger piece, will cause the member d to move toward the member d, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, and the clothing between the back piece of the press and the leaves will thereby be pressed. During this movement of the members d and d toward one another, the hinge portion 6 slides upon the hinge portion 2 until the end 7 b of the slot is in engagement with the hinge in, providing the members are brought as c ose together as possible. This, however, is determined by the thickness of the garment in the press. The pressure exerted upon the arm d of the clamping device by the clothing in the press causes the edge 6a of the hinge portion 6 tobear against the guide or sto 4 and thus lock the parts in any position o adjustment. To open and close the press it is merely necessary to turn the finger piece so as to cause the cam to swing around the axis of the hinge pin until the hinge portion 6 is raised above the stop 4, when the member d may be swung into the positionshown in Fig. 6.

It will be seen that my invention has the functions of both a hinge and a clamp. The parts are preferably made of sheet metal, and

ent to the proper forms, the stop 4 and the shoulders 8 and 9 being made by flanging the metal.

What I claim is,-

1. In a hinge clamp for clothes presses, the combination of a member having a hinge pin, a member having a slot engaged by said pin and a cam rotatably mounted on one of said members and adapted to engage shoulders arranged upon the other member at opposite .ends of said slot.

2. In a hinge clamp for clothes presses, the combination of a member having a hinge pin, a member having a slot engaged by said pin and a rotatable disk eccentrically mounted on one of said members and adapted to engage shoulders arranged upon the other member at opposite ends of said slot.

3. In a hinge clamp for clothes presses, the combination of a member having a hingepin, a cam rotatable about the axis of said pin, and a member having a slot engaged by said pin and having shoulders at the ends of said slot adapted to be engaged by said cam,

4. In a hinge clamp for clothes presses, the combination of a member having a hingepin, a disk eccentrically mounted upon said pin, and a member having a slot engaged by said pin and having shoulders at the ends of said slot adapted to be engaged by said disk.

5. A hinge clamp for clothes presses, comprising a member having a hinge pin and a stop and a member having a slot engaged by said pin, said latter member being adapted to engage the stop in the closed position of the clamp and a cam rotatable about the axis of said pin and adapted to move the slotted member relatively to the pin.

6. A hinge clamp for clothes presses, comprising a member having a hinge pin and a stop and a member having a slot engaged by said pin, said latter member being adapted to engage the stop in the open and closed positions of the clamp, and a cam rotatable about the axis of said pin and adapted to move the slotted member relatively to the p 7. A hinge clamp for clothes presses, comprising a member having a hinge pin and a stop, and a member having a slot engaged by said pin, said latter member being adapted to engage the stop in the closed position of the clamp and having shoulders arranged at opposite ends of the slot, and a cam rotatab e about the axis of said pin and adapted to engage said shoulders to move the slotted member relatively to the pin.

8. A hinge clamp for clothes resses, comprising two arms having laterally projecting hinge portions, one of said hinge portions having a hinge-pin and a stop, the other hinge portion having a slot extending lengthwise thereof and engaged by said in and having shoulders at the ends of the s ot, and an eccentric mounted on said pin and adapted to engage said shoulders, said last mentioned hinge-portion being adapted to engage said stop in the closed position of the clamp.

9. A hinge clamp for clothes presses, comprising the member d having the hinge-portion 2, the stop 4, the member d having the hinge portion 6, slot 7 and shoulders 8 and 9, the hinge pin 3 extending through said slot, and the caml() and linger piece l1 rotatable about the axis of said hinge pin.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT V. D. STOUTENBURGH.

Witnesses:

WM. STOUTENBURGH, Trios. F. CoRooRAN. 

